[Heads of the Mutiny Bill] [graphic] / JS f.

[London] : Published as the act directs by Thomas Cornell Bruton Street, [the] 9 February 1784.

1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 15.1 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 23 x 30 cm

Title from British Museum catalogue.

On a long table representing the table at the House of Commons, lie the heads of Charles Fox (left) and Lord North (right) brought in according to the mock decision of the House inscribed above the image. There is no background, but the upper part of the design is covered by an inscription: 'Cui bono - ? - publico bono - Die Lunae 9° Februarii 1784. In a Committee on the Sense of the Nation - Moved - That for preventing future Disorders and Dissentions, the Heads of the Mutiny Act be brought in, and suffered to lie on the Table tomorrow - Ordered That all further proceedings upon the Act for dividing the Commons &ca be adjourned sine die - Ordered \ Vox Populi \ Cler. Par'.

Text above image: Cui bono? Publico bono

English

April 29, 2005

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 8244